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That totalitarian and authoritarian are dumb words because they equate the working class being in control with the bourgeois being in control. Its as silly as saying we need a healthy balance between tyranny and democracy.
Do you think that you specifically, as a worker, would have more power under totalitarian communism? Your voice and your opinions would be taken into account by the unaccountable leaders? Do you really think you would even be allowed to critique party policy?
I would simply not vote for a leader who I didn't like.
The average Chinese or Cuban feels more represented than the average American, in Vietnam it seems like the more rural areas feel strongly represented, while the urban residents are more likely to feel they have no power and the whole system has become rotten.
A few years ago, Cuba had a referendum on a new constitution. After years of local discussions, revisions, and more discussion, they came up with a document that most everyone agreed with, it passed with over 90% support.
Could you please cite a source? How much of that is toeing the party line so they don't get asked out for tea?
https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/final_policy_brief_7.6.2020.pdf
But the og source is just talking to people who live in China, either in China or traveling to nearby countries.
That's a great statistic, >90%. Shows up all over the place in communist literature. I'm sure it's a sign of a well functioning democracy with diverse opinions represented.
If you think Cuba lied about the 85% turnout and 90% in favor vote, it should be trivial to disprove via statistics. Hell just ask 30 randos how they voted.
I didn't say they lied. I implied it's illegal for citizens to disagree. Putin also wins with similar percentages, and maybe there's some fuckery, but our best evidence is that Putin is similarly extremely popular in capitalist totalitarian Russia.
You can just go to Cuba and ask them. Don't book a flight from America or mention that you did or the US state department might cause problems, but its not like Russia.
You're right, it's not like Russia, except they are both totalitarian.